The Centre de technologies avancées BRP - Université de Sherbrooke (CTA) is an independent organisation with clients ranging from larger corporations such as BRP, MDA, Volvo and GE to SMEs. It is a non-profit organization using university-based applied research to develop and support commercialisation of vehicles and their components in the following 5 fields: - Electrification - Lightweighting - Mechatronics - Noise and Vibration Harshness (NVH) - Connectivity It uses a methodology that aims at reducing development time, resources and cost for its clients, in order to accelerate their time-to-market. Services range from engineering to simulation, prototyping, cycling tests & characterization as well as data acquisition services. It is a unique environment, especially attractive for PhD and MSc candidates.